PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 9, 12 January 1932, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS

,Mr. C. J. B. Norwood left for the South by the Eangatira last night. Professor J. Bankine Brown, of Victoria University College, went South by the Kangatira last night. Mr. Herbert Page, resident director of Messrs. Buttenvorth and Co., Sydney, arrived by the Maunganui to-day. Sir Michael Myers; " Chief Justice, -.vho is at present visiting Dunedin, -will leave for "Wellington on Thursday. Mr. S. Mahmood, of Perth, West Australia, who.has been oii a trip, to London, arrived.by the Tainui this morning. . . ■-■ Mr. W. H. Winsor, secretary of the New Zealand Cricket Council, was a passenger by the Mauuganui from Sydney to-day. .■'.', General Sir Henry Lawson, who "has been in the Dominion for some time, is leaving by the Makura for Sydney this afternoon. Lieut-Colonel R. P. Varwell, M.C., formerly of the .Royal Irish Bifles, arrived by the Maunganui to-day to spend a couple of months fishing ia New Zealand. Mr. W. Martin, a solicitor, of London, arrived by the Tainui this morning from Home. Mr. Martin proposes making a six or seven weeks' tour of the Dominion. -..'■' ' Dr. A. Norman Jones, of Wellington, returned to New Zealand to-day by tho Maunganui from Sydney after a visit to England. . Dr. Norman Jones was accompanied by his wife. \\. Mr. S. H. Craig, general manager of Paramount. Kirn Service (N.Z.), Ltd., accompanied by Mrs. Craig and daughter, arrived to-day from Sydney by the Maunganui. . Mr. Maurice Cohen, ex-chairman of th<: Wellington Harbour Board, returned to New Zealand to-day by the Maunganui. from Sydney after an absence of three years abroad. Accompanied by his wife,' Mr. Cohen has been on a world tour. Mr. W. P. Rollings, who has been on the staff of Bell, Gully, Mackenzie, and O'Leary. solicitors, for the past four years, has commenced practice on, his owu account in Wellington as a barrister and solicitor. . .;-.''-. Professor James Park, Professor of Mining at the Otago University, and Dean.of the Mining Faculty,- returned to New Zealand to-day by the Mamigaaui from Sydney after a trip to Australia. Professor Park is leaving1 by" to-night's ferry steamer for the South.' After having served as: Auckland City Organist for nineteen years, Mr. Maughan Barnett will retire atthe end of March, states a Press Association telegram. He will be granted three months' leave of absence from Ist January. Captain. Sclwyn M. Day, C.8., D.5.0., 8.N.E., who sei'yed with distinction in the merchant service for a number of years, is a passenger on the Eemuora, which is due at Wellington on 24th January from Southampton. ..'-■ Sir Louis and Lady Barnett, of Dunedin, are returning to Now Zealand on the Eemuera, which is due at Wellington on 24th January from Southampton. . ...'...-...'/.' Mr. J. A. Glasgow was presented at .^meeting of the staff of the Vacuum Oil Co. last week with a badge in recognition of his service for twenty-five years with the firm., The presentation was made by Mr. E. A. Sevier, general manager. Ulr J -' T>- GrosC > general manager of the National Bank of New Zealand, has been elected chairman of the Associated Banks in New Zealand for New Zealand. Mr. Grose returned to Wellington, on- Thursday after visiting Auckland and North Auckland. Mr. G. Gunderson, mathematical lecturer at the Melbourne University who won the championship at'!the NewZealand chess tourney held in Napier recently, is returning to Australia,- by the Makura to-day, accompanied by Mi wife, a sister, of Mr. John Ainadio, the renowned flautist. . . . ' .. Mr. A. Thomson; who for some years was Director of the Observatory at Apia, Samoa, and who was for a year on the staff of the Dominion Meteorological ' Oface, has accepted an appointment ia the Canadian Meteorological Service. Mr. Thomson was, born in Canada, and is a graduate of Toronto and Harvard Universities. Mr. M. W. Horton, who has been for some years in New York, will be returning to New Zealand-noxt month. Mr. Horton was well known in golf circles here, and was a member of tha council of the New Zealand Golf 'Association for several years up .to; the tim« of his departure for America. .-.-• Mr. G. Nuthall and Mr. C. NuthalL were passengers by the Tainui from, Home this morning. Mr. G.'■■Nuthall, wio was on the staff of tho: National Bank of New, Zealand in London^ has been transferred to the Dominion,.and his brother, Mr. C. Nuthall, is returning; to New Zealand to resume farming work, after having been on a holiday trip to the Old Country. -■■"-.■•- ' Mr. W. Pcnseler, Consul-Genera! for Germany in New, Zealand and Samoa, who has been on a twelve months' ho'li* day trip abroad, returned to Wellington this morning by the Maunganui' from Sydney. While abroad, Mr. Penseler, who was accompanied by his wife, travelled extensively in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.